[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 157 (Thursday, August 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 43578]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21549]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33432]
Paducah & Louisville Railway--Trackage Rights Exemption--CSX
Transportation, Inc.
CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) has agreed to grant overhead
trackage rights to Paducah & Louisville Railway (P&L) between the P&L/
CSXT connection at Madisonville, KY, at or near milepost OOH 275, and
the Providence 1 Mine and Diamond J Mine (Mines) located on CSXT's
Morganfield Branch, at or near mileposts MB 288.8 and MB 294.1,
respectively, a distance of approximately 18.8 miles in Hopkins and
Webster Counties, KY.
The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on August 8, 1997.
The purpose of the trackage rights is to allow P&L to handle
movements of coal from the Mines to the BRT Terminal for blending and
for barge movement beyond to the Gallatin Steam Plant of the Tennessee
Valley Authority, and to handle empties via the reverse route under
contract PAL-C-0761.
As a condition to this exemption, any employees affected by the
trackage rights will be protected by the conditions imposed in Norfolk
and Western Ry. Co.--Trackage Rights--BN, 354 I.C.C. 605 (1978), as
modified in Mendocino Coast Ry., Inc.--Lease and Operate, 360 I.C.C.
653 (1980).
This notice is filed under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(7). If it contains
false or misleading information, the exemption is void ab initio.
Petitions to revoke the exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) may be filed
at any time. The filing of a petition to revoke will not automatically
stay the transaction.
An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB
Finance Docket No. 33432, must be filed with the Surface Transportation
Board, Office of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, a copy of each pleading must be
served on (1) J. Thomas Garrett, Esq., Paducah & Louisville Railway,
1500 Kentucky Avenue, Paducah, KY 42003, and (2) Fred R. Birkholz,
Esq., CSX Transportation, Inc., 500 Water Street, J-150, Jacksonville,
FL 32202.
Decided: August 5, 1997.
By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-21549 Filed 8-13-97; 8:45 am]
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